The late President Jimmy Carter in particular decided to do something no other president has done before and it has now become an ongoing tradition. The backstory: Usually, the newly-sworn-in ...
On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.
As millions watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, many noticed that he did not ...
On a blustery March 4, 1841, on the East Portico of the Capitol, William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in ...
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (2L) administers the oath of office to U.S. President Donald Trump (L) as his wife Melania ...
Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...
A variety of figures, ranging from former presidents to other world leaders, are expected to attend President-elect Donald ...
More than a dozen high-profile faces will be missing from the sea of spectators huddled in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president Monday—with every living former president, billionaires like ...
After the pardons were announced, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — both Republicans — posted to X claiming that issuing pardons to Fauci, Milley and others ...
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.